Political and Social Integration Index by country
Indicates the extent to which the party system is stable and rooted in society, interest groups are numerous and diverse, regular citizens approve of democratic norms and procedures, and societal trust is high.
Countries reporting
128
Highest
9.75
Uruguay
Lowest
1
North Korea
Median
4.88
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
1,394
What the numbers show
Political and Social Integration Index is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 9.75 in Uruguay; the lowest is 1 in North Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.88, and the mean is 4.77.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 66.7%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 57.6%).
Political and Social Integration Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 9.75 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Taiwan | 8.75 | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 3 | Estonia | 8.5 | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 4 | Czechia | 8.25 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 5 | Croatia | 8 | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 5 | Poland | 8 | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 7.75 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 7 | Slovenia | 7.75 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 9 | Ghana | 7.5 | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 9 | Lithuania | 7.5 | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 9 | Latvia | 7.5 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 12 | Botswana | 7.25 | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 12 | South Korea | 7.25 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 12 | Montenegro | 7.25 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Mauritius | 7.25 | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 16 | Argentina | 7 | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 16 | Jamaica | 7 | 2025 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 16 | Slovakia | 7 | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 19 | Albania | 6.75 | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 19 | Chile | 6.75 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 6.75 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Indonesia | 6.75 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 6.75 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 6.5 | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 24 | Mongolia | 6.5 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 6.5 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 24 | Ukraine | 6.5 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 6.25 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 28 | Brazil | 6.25 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 28 | Hungary | 6.25 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 28 | Namibia | 6.25 | 2025 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 28 | South Africa | 6.25 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 33 | Kenya | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 6 | 2025 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 35 | Armenia | 5.75 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 35 | Bolivia | 5.75 | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 5.75 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | India | 5.75 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 35 | Malawi | 5.75 | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 35 | Nepal | 5.75 | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 35 | Panama | 5.75 | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 35 | Philippines | 5.75 | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 35 | Romania | 5.75 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 44 | Benin | 5.67 | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 44 | Serbia | 5.67 | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.5 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 46 | Liberia | 5.5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Lesotho | 5.5 | 2025 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 46 | Moldova | 5.5 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 46 | Mexico | 5.5 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 46 | Paraguay | 5.5 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 5.33 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 52 | Singapore | 5.33 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | El Salvador | 5.33 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 55 | Bhutan | 5.25 | 2025 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 55 | Lebanon | 5.25 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 55 | Malaysia | 5.25 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 5.25 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 59 | Angola | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Algeria | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Ecuador | 5 | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 59 | Guinea | 5 | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 59 | Togo | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Tanzania | 5 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 65 | Honduras | 4.75 | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.67 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 66 | Mozambique | 4.67 | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 66 | Tunisia | 4.67 | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 66 | Turkey | 4.67 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 66 | Uganda | 4.67 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 71 | Cameroon | 4.33 | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 71 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.33 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 71 | Georgia | 4.33 | 2025 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 71 | Iraq | 4.33 | 2025 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 71 | Madagascar | 4.33 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 71 | Mali | 4.33 | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 71 | Mauritania | 4.33 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Papua New Guinea | 4.33 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 71 | Thailand | 4.33 | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 80 | Burundi | 4 | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 80 | Guatemala | 4 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 80 | Jordan | 4 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 80 | Nigeria | 4 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 80 | Pakistan | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Peru | 4 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Kuwait | 3.67 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Niger | 3.67 | 2025 | down 38.9% | flat |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 3.33 | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 90 | Bahrain | 3.33 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 90 | Egypt | 3.33 | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 90 | Libya | 3.33 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 90 | Morocco | 3.33 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 90 | Syria | 3.33 | 2025 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Belarus | 3 | 2025 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 96 | Central African Republic | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Congo | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Ethiopia | 3 | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 96 | Qatar | 3 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 103 | China | 2.67 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Haiti | 2.67 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 103 | Iran | 2.67 | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 2.67 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 103 | Cambodia | 2.67 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 103 | Rwanda | 2.67 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 2.67 | 2025 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 103 | Sudan | 2.67 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Vietnam | 2.67 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 112 | Laos | 2.33 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 2.33 | 2025 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 112 | Russia | 2.33 | 2025 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 112 | Somalia | 2.33 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 112 | South Sudan | 2.33 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 112 | Chad | 2.33 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 2.33 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 112 | Venezuela | 2.33 | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 120 | Cuba | 2 | 2025 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 120 | Myanmar | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 120 | Oman | 2 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Yemen | 2 | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 126 | Afghanistan | 1.33 | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 126 | Eritrea | 1.33 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 128 | North Korea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
Indicates the extent to which the party system is stable and rooted in society, interest groups are numerous and diverse, regular citizens approve of democratic norms and procedures, and societal trust is high.